Immigration Enforcement

— A South Salt Lake restaurant owner, previously deported from the U.S. in 2015, has been indicted on federal charges of trafficking heroin and cocaine after investigators found drugs and cash during searches. His trial… More: KJZZ · All 2 reports

— An AP analysis of federal data finds that many of the roughly 1 million Venezuelans released into the U.S. since 2018 chose Utah suburbs like Midvale over Miami, drawn by jobs, housing and quality of life; Trump's… More: KJZZ , KUTV 2News · All 3 reports

— A Draper man says his Herriman-based parents and sister, all from Colombia, were detained by ICE at a Phoenix airport while in the process of legalizing their immigration status; they remain held at an Arizona… 
— A Texas man was sentenced to probation and deportation after pleading guilty to running a large-scale 'ghost broker' insurance fraud scheme, obtaining over 1,100 fraudulent auto policies in Salt Lake County and causing… 
— ICE conducted a targeted immigration enforcement operation early Wednesday near Ecker Hill Middle School in Snyderville, Summit County, with at least one person taken into custody; agents had left the county by 9:30 a.m. 
— A radio discussion covers Utah's ranking among the top 10 states for ICE arrest rates and a new DHS inspector general report detailing inhumane conditions at Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention facility.